Re: Air conditioner contactor snubber.


<cornytheclown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> What makes you think it is the contactor....couldnt it be some kind of
> intermittent short....or some other problem.
>
> I work on air conditioning systems on a daily basis and rarely find bad
> thermostats...especially bad thermostats caused by contactor
> coils........
>
> what makes you think the contactor is at fault...did you recently
> install both these thermostats only to have the contactor destroy them
> ???
>
Both thermostats were electronic. the first was in use five years, the
second lasted less than a month. that's why i am thinking contactor needs a
snubber.


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